Rig Veda 1.72.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 72, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.72
Rishi: Parāśara Śāktya
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अस्मे वत्सं परि षन्तं न विन्दन्निच्छन्तो विश्वे अमृता अमूराः । श्रमयुवः पदव्यो धियंधास्तस्थुः पदे परमे चार्वग्नेः ॥
Transliteration
asmé vátsaṃ pári ṣántaṃ ná vindann icchánto víśve amṛ́tā amū́rāḥ | śramayúvaḥ padávyō dhiyamdhās tasthúḥ padé paramé cā́rv agnéḥ ||
Translation
ইয়াত, সন্ধান কৰি, মোহহীন সকলো অমৃতসকল চাৰিওফালে গোপনে লুকাই থকা বাছুৰটোক নাপালে। শ্ৰমসাধ্য যুৱসকল—পথ-অন্বেষক, ধ্যান-ধাৰক—অগ্নিৰ পৰম, মনোহৰ পদত স্থিৰ হৈ ৰ’ল।
Word by Word
अस्मेin/for us
अस्मे:
अधिकारण
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
वत्सम्the calf
वत्सम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवत्स
परिaround
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootपरि
षन्तम्sitting
षन्तम्:
विशेषण (of वत्सम्)
TypeVerb-derived participle
Rootषद् (धातु; Vedic variant of सद् ‘to sit’)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अविन्दन्they found
अविन्दन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (to find/know)
इच्छन्तःdesiring, seeking
इच्छन्तः:
कर्तृ (of अविन्दन्)
TypeVerb-derived participle
Rootइष्/इच्छ् (to desire)
विश्वेall
विश्वे:
कर्तृ (apposition to इच्छन्तः)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootविश्व
अमृताःthe immortals
अमृताः:
कर्तृ (apposition)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootअमृत
अमूराःunbewildered, not foolish
अमूराः:
कर्तृ (apposition)
TypeAdjective
Rootअमूर (a-mūra ‘not foolish’; mūra ‘dull, foolish’)
श्रमयुवःthe strenuous/striving ones
श्रमयुवः:
कर्तृ (of तस्थुः)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootश्रमयु (śrama-yu ‘toil-seeking/striving’; from श्रम् ‘to toil’ + यु ‘seeking/going’)
पदव्यःtrack-finders, path-knowers
पदव्यः:
कर्तृ (apposition)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपदव्य (path-finder/one who knows the track; from पद ‘footstep, track’)
धियंधाःthose who set/hold the insight
धियंधाः:
कर्तृ (apposition)
TypeNoun (agent) / adjective
Rootधियंधा (dhiyam-dhā ‘placing/holding thought’; from धि/धी ‘insight’ + धा ‘to place’)
तस्थुःthey have stood / took their stand
तस्थुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (to stand)
पदेin the place/step
पदे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootपद
परमेhighest, supreme
परमे:
विशेषण (of पदे)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम
चारुbeautiful, lovely
चारु:
विशेषण (of अग्नेः/its पद)
TypeAdjective
Rootचारु
अग्नेःof Agni
अग्नेः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
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